WEBVTT OUR FOCUS, THE BALTIMORE CITY STATE ATTORNEY OFFICE. WE HAVE HEARD FROM IVAN BATES AND THIRU VIGNARAJAH. THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME IS OFFERED TO MARYLIN MOSBY. SHE INITIALLY ACCEPTED THAT BEFORE THE TAPING, HER OFFICE SAID A SCHEDULING CONFLICT WOULD PREVENTER FROM APPEARING. SO, VALERIE ERVIN TOOK OVER THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN AFTER THE DEATH OF ONE OF HER -- OF THE BIGGEST CANDIDATE. WE BREAK DOWN WHAT THEY COULD MEAN FOR THE PRIMARY CONTEST. >> WE KNOW THE ELECTION IS THE BIGGER -- IS BIGGER THAN THE TWO OF US. >> WITH THAT, VALERIE SHOOK UP A RUN AND ENDED THIS WAY FOR MAKER WITH A SUPER SOAKER. SHE DROPPED OUT AND THEN ENDORSE ESTABLISHMENT FAVORITE, A APG COUNTY EXECUTIVE. >> THIS IS THE TICKET FOR MARYLAND. FACES THE TICKET WITH EXPERIENCE THAT WILL LEAD ON DAY ONE. THIS IS A TICKET THAT WILL BEAT LARRY HOGAN IN NOVEMBER. >> NO DANCING AROUND THE REASONS WHY HERE. THIS NEW ALLIANCE IS ALL ABOUT BEATING REPUBLICAN LARRY HOGAN. >> THIS IS NOT JUST A TEAM FOR THE ELECTION, FOR THE NEXT 13 DAYS, THIS IS ABOUT TAKING ON IN BEATING MARY HOGAN. >> TO GET THERE, BAKER WILL HAVE TO GET PAST THE FORMER NAACP PRESIDENT, DURING A DEAD HEAT AT THE LEAD, ACCORDING TO NEW POLLING. COULD IRVIN SIPHON OFF OF VOTES? >> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR PROGRESSIVE AGENDA AND OUR OPPONENTS IS THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY DONE THE WORK. >> WE CAUGHT UP WITH BEN JEALOUS FOR HIS TAKE. >> BAKER IS ACTING LIKE SOMEBODY WHO IS LOSING. I UNDERSTAND WHY HE IS ACTING THAT WAY. WE ARE FOCUSED ON WINNING. THE BIGGEST NEWS FOR US TODAY IS THIS ENDORSEMENT. IT UNDERSCORES FOR PEOPLE THAT I AM THE CANDIDATE IN THE RACE WITH A HEART FOR BALTIMORE. JASON: VALERIE ERVIN’S REMARKS THIS WEEKEND INCLUDED HER FUTURE PLANS FOR BALLOT REFORM, AND SAID CHANGE NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT THE LEGISLATIVE" LEVELS TO FIX PROBLEMS WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THIS PAST WEEK, WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT $1.3 MILLION LEFT IN KEVIN KAMENETZ’S CAMPAIGN? THE 915 -- THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL GO TO COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS WILL GO TO A CARDIAC CARE UNIT AND THE MARYLAND ZOO AND THE HIPPO FOUNDATION WILL EACH RECEIVE $100,000. JOINING US IS OUR POLITICAL REPORTER. THANK YOU FOR COMING BY. >> THEY LET ME COME INSIDE. JASON: YOU ARE IN SIDE NOW, WE ALL THOUGHT AND HEARD BAKER SAY THAT URBAN BROUGHT SOMETHING INTERESTING TO THAT CAMPAIGN. TO SEE HER -- THAT IRVIN BROUGHT SOMETHING INTERESTING TO THAT CAMPAIGN. >> WHEN SHE JOINED, SHE HAD THIS CHARISMA ABOUT HER. I HAD NEVER SEEN HER ON A STAGE THAT LARGE BEFORE AND SHE CAME RIGHT IN FRONT A ONE AND STOOD HER GROUND AND SAID WHAT SHE BELIEVED, AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE SHE WAS THE FIRST, OF ALL THE CANDIDATES REALLY, TO SAY, THAT IS NOT TRUE. EVERYONE LIKES TO TALK ABOUT FULLY FUNDING SCHOOLS AND TO SAID, THAT ISN’T TRUE. THE OTHER INTERESTING THING WHEN SHE STARTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATES IS BAKER AGREED WITH THEIR ALMOST EVERY TIME -- AGREED WITH HER ALMOST EVERY TIME. THE LAST DEBATE I WATCH THEM IN, HE MUST HAVE SAID FIVE TIMES, I WOULD LIKE TO PICK UP ON WHAT MISS IRVIN JUST SAID. JASON: IT WAS NOT AS SURPRISING. >> EXACTLY. JASON: THERE WERE NINE CANDIDATES AT THAT POINT. EVEN FOR ME WHEN WE MODERATED, IT WAS OVERWHELMING. DO YOU THINK IT COULD STILL BE THAT OVERWHELMING FOR A VOTER TO DO WITH THAT MANY? KIDS: I DO, -- KATE: I DO, AND I AM STILL AMAZED YOU KEPT IT FRESH AND LIVELY AND JUGGLE THAT MANY CANDIDATES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIST, IT IS OVERWHELMING. EYES KIND OF GLAZE OVER. IN MY PAST EXPERIENCE, I THINK A REALLY LARGE FIELD DILUTES INTEREST. THERE ARE TOO MANY PLACES TO LOOK, AND WE ALL KNEW IT WOULD GET MORE INTERESTING AND MORE EXCITING THE CLOSER WE CAME TO ELECTION DAY, BUT IT IS SO MUCH TO TINK ABOUT. JASON: EVEN AS YOU WHITTLE IT DOWN, YOU HAVE A POPULAR GOVERNOR AND PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FILE LIKE WHAT HE IS DOING. THEY HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM. KATE: WHOEVER IS NOMINATED HAS THE LONGEST ROAD AHEAD AND PATRICK GONZALES, WHO RELEASED THE THIRD OF THREE POLLS IN ONE WEEK’S TIME, HE SAID SOMETHING TO ME TO THE EFFECT OF -- I HAVE NEVER, EVER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE SEEING NUMBERS LIKE THIS. I THINK IT WAS IN THE LATEST POLL, THEY ASK LIKELY DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IF THE GENERAL ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY, WHO WOULD YOU VOTE FOR? I BELIEVE IT WAS 46% SAID GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN. A REPUBLICAN. ASTOUNDING. JASON: AND UNDECIDED NUMBER ALMOST MATCH THAT, SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE SINGLE DIGITS -- THIS RACE IS STILL WINNABLE. THAT IS WHY WE DON’T SEE TOO MANY PEOPLE DROP OUT. KATE: CAN I PUT IN A PLUG FOR VOTING? IT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT. DO NOT SIT HOME. THIS COULD BE DECIDED BY A VERY FEW NUMBER OF VOTES. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE YOU VOTE. JASON: TELL ME ABOUT THE STATES ATTORNEYS RACE. AT THAT WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER WAS INTERESTING. YOU THOUGHT THREE ATTORNEYS GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH MAKE FOR A NICE DEBATE. KATE: AS THE SPOUSE OF AN ATTORNEY, I TURNED TO HIM AT CHRISTMAS PARTIES AND GO, UGH, THIS IS AWFUL. HE SAYS, THIS IS A PARTY FULL OF ATTORNEYS. BUT A POLITICAL DEBATE WITH THREE ATTORNEYS, IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING. YOU CAN SELL THEY ARE TRAINED IN HOW TO DEBATE. NOBODY WENT OVER THEIR TIME. THEY KEPT TO THEIR TOPIC. AND IT REALLY FELT LIKE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD TIME CUES AND SLOTS, THAT THEY WERE DEBATING WITH EACH OTHER. IT WAS MAGNIFICENT. JASON: YOU C

Valerie Ervin took over the Democratic Primary campaign after the death of running mate Kevin Kamenetz. Now's she's endorsing Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker. WBAL-TV 11 News lead political reporter Kate Amara breaks down what this could mean for the primary contest.